Schneider Electric
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Subsea HV and LV power distribution and control for 10,000 feet depth and up to 100 mile long tie-backs. Integrated diagnostic tools for accurate fault localization prior to any equipment retrieval. Modular design for future production debottlenecking and field expansion.
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Press Releases
2013 : Schneider Electric successfully qualifies technology for break-through project Åsgard
Rueil Malmaison (France) – February 28th, 2013
Schneider Electric has successfully qualified all equipment for the Controls Power Distribution Units (CPDU) for the Åsgard subsea compression project on schedule. The selection of electronic components used in the CPDU was critical since they had to pass the stringent Technology Qualification Program which refers to the ISO 13628-6 standard relative to subsea production control systems. The ISO standards specifies shock, vibration and temperature tests. Schneider Electric designed a specific generic test bench for all equipment from the qualification process to the environmental stress screening tests for each individual component installed in the CPDU. The successful testing was the key to launching the fabrication of the first CPDU. This ONS 2012 Innovation Prize awarded project for subsea compression is located off the coast of Norway at a depth of 300 meters. Åsgard is designed and built by Aker Solutions and operated by Statoil.
2012 : “Subsea High Voltage Power Distribution” technical paper receives 2nd prize at the PCIC 2012 New Orleans Conference
– September 24, 2012
The technical paper “Subsea High Voltage Power Distribution” was awarded 2nd Prize among the 54 papers presented during the IEEE-IAS-PCIC (Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee) Technical Conference which was held in Toronto Canada in September 2011.
The paper describes the cutting edge technology that is used to bring the megawatts of power to the ocean floor needed by the subsea production units that are being installed close to the reservoirs where oil and gas are extracted from below the sea bed.
The prize was awarded to the four co-authors Terence Hazel (Schneider Electric), Henri Baerd (Converteam), Jarle Bremnes (Nexans Norway) and Josselin Legeay (Deutsch Offshore).
Terence Hazel was present to receive the Award Monday September 24th at the 59th Annual IEEE-IAS-PCIC Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana USA.
“Working with coauthors who are specialists in their fields to put together a technical paper is a very rich experience. Receiving this award is truly gratifying and shows that our work was well received by our peers.” he said when receiving the prize from Jim Rozsits (Rockwell Automation), PCIC Advisory and Awards Subcommittee Chair.
The IEEE-IAS-PCIC annual conference has over 1000 attendees from countries around the globe. During 3 days industry specialists present some 50 technical papers covering a wide range of electrical and electronic engineering topics in that are of particular interest in the oil and gas industry.
2011 : Schneider Electric part of technological breakthrough in the Åsgard subsea project
Rueil Malmaison (France) – December 29th, 2011
Schneider Electric has won an order from Aker Solutions to design and implement the seabed Controls Power Distribution Unit (CPDU) for the subsea compression station of Åsgard, located off the coast of Norway at a depth of 300 meters. Åsgard is operated by Statoil.
The solution proposed by Schneider Electric met all the challenging specifications by the customers, which included demanding commitments in terms of electrical distribution architecture, subsea enclosure constraints and stringent reliability standards.
The Design & Build solution for the CPDU includes very specific studies such as availability, thermal and mechanical, operational safety, and electromagnetic compatibility. Together with the project engineering these account for a significant part of the contract value.
This project comprises a series of tests to demonstrate compliance with the specifications of subsea Oil & Gas standard ISO13628-6.
Åsgard is the world’s first operational project in the field of subsea gas compression. Through this contract Schneider Electric has reaffirmed its status as a leader in the field, building on experience acquired in the Ormen Lange experimental compression project, also located offshore Norway.
Åsgard is located on the Halten Bank about 200 kilometers offshore, in the Norwegian Sea, in water depths varying from 240 to 310 meters. It ranks among the largest developments on the Norwegian continental shelf, with a total of 52 wells drilled through 16 seabed templates.
Compression is necessary to enhance production rate as natural gas pressure from the reservoir is declining. Subsea compression on Åsgard is expected to improve recovery from the Mikkel and Midgard fields by some 278 million barrels of oil equivalent.
“For our customers, this application will open up new territories for the O&G production and processing. It will enable the development of the exploitation of deep offshore fields as well as in challenging areas like hurricane-prone or arctic zones”, says Jean-Luc Eschbach, Oil&Gas Solutions Upstream Director at Schneider Electric.
The Åsgard gas compression station will be operational in 2014.
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